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Made Hands, Monsters to Mice (Page 1 of 3)
After the flop, much of the strength of your hand depends on the character of the flop. Obviously, if you start with a pair, and make trips, a full house or four of a kind, you have a big hand, these are the Monsters. What is not so obvious is how the strength of your hand changes when you hit a fair hand, but get a flop that may have helped one, or more, of your opponents.
In the rare situation where you have a monster, hope that someone either bets, or catches a card on the turn so they can call your bet. You have an almost unbeatable hand, and the other players are going to be scared off by the flop. Your goal in this situation should be to keep as many players around as possible, and to get as much money in the pot as possible.
With your biggest hands, you may want to slow play and entice someone else into betting. But, in those rare cases when you have the best hand and other players are betting and rising, join in and help to build the pot. After all, it is almost certainly going to be yours. If the board later pairs, and there us any betting, you may be facing a full house.
Two Pair
Flopping top 2 pair when you have 2 different cards in your hand, is a very strong hand. Top and bottom pair is also a very strong hand. Since you will usually be playing premium cards, top 2 pair will often give someone else a straight draw, and/or a flush draw.
As a result, you should not slow play these hands. Your goal is to force players out of the hand, and charge those that stay. While this hand warrants raises and re-raises, lots of action could mean they have a set. If so, or a straight or flush is possible, you could be drawing to only 4 outs.
If the pot has already gotten large, you should call it down. If the pot is not large, or you are positive that the other player has you beaten, with 4 outs you need pot odds of 11:1 to make the call profitable.
When you have 2 pair, and 1 is on the board, your hand is not as strong as the split 2 pair. Another player may already have trips, or a higher 2 pair. If a card higher than your pair hits the board, it could make someone a higher 2 pair. There could also be other draws out that may beat your 2 pair.
This is another situation to play aggressively, to chase players out, win the pot immediately, or at least make it expensive for players to draw. If you are raised, or check raised, on the turn, you may be up against trips. But, by now, the pot has gotten big. You may want to back off and call, but you shouldnt fold unless you are sure you are beaten, or you are facing 3 bets cold.
Top Pair
Top pair, good kicker is a very strong hand. This is 1 reason to treat Big Slick, Ace and King, as a strong hand. With a flop of King, Eight, Three, and 3 different suits you have an excellent hand. The only card higher than the flop pairs your Ace, giving you top 2 pair. There are no flush or straight draws, so you are only worried about Ace, Ace, King, King, or a pair of Eights or Threes in the hole.
How To Make Profit Out Of Losing Horses?
With the advent of betting exchanges getting recognition for a more modular system for horse betting, more and more people are trying to make dividends by betting on horses which are tempted to lose. What ever the proposition of winning money on losing horse, it is always best to bet against the horse thats favorite to win the race.
This can be understood this way too, generally, a horse with lots of money on stake over is considered favorite, in some instances, there could be a horse with lower prices but better chances of winning the game. And from on the edge of that particular rate a punter starts making profit after betting on that horse.
So a punter makes profit by betting on favorite that are often priced very low. Sometimes betting on the exchanges proves very crucial as they are very efficient barometer to judge probability. But a wrong probability and slightest error on decision let you to watch your money draining away like water down a plug hole. Therefore distinction between favorite and true favorites is a must for a strong winning probability.
By following a certain criteria one can easily judge the positive aspect of a horses form with strong probability to win the race. The horse should have strong probability and strong contender ship to win the race with ability to run on the track where race is about to be organized. Analysis of general form of the horse races over a period of last few weeks conducted on the track.
Track record of trainer on a specific track on a horse including second position or one winning during the period of previous 14 days is a very good sign for betting. There are many other better ways to know about a better trainer as he can be adjudged by reading daily racing forms or information can be received through the tracks. A better trainer can be known from the victories, earnings and excellent track records as it force a punter to bet on a horse trained by them.
A good horse trainer always remains stiffer on his horse; the relation between a trainer and a horse is quite strained as it never been easy for a horse trainer to teach. There is times when a trainer has to test limit of his horses to the expectation of race. A good trainer never leaves an effort unturned to make his horse to win a race at any cost. Meanwhile, there are some trainers, who, feel the task is too hard be achieved by a horse and become lax, as this attachment with horse results into failure on the track, so be wary of these emotional sort of trainers to get your desired result while betting on a horse.
After trainer, it is the turn of the jockey that knows very well all the trade secrets of horse racing, especially, veteran ones. They know well how to steer horses according to a track’s nooks and crannies. Jockey should also have winning track record of 10 percent.